Ede is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Ede
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

A variant form of the Edie. The Scottish family of Edie appear, from armorial evidence, to be a branch of the Adamsons, and historian Nisbet seems to consider the names identical.

Surname Ede is variation of Edy. See Eady - Ædi occurs as a personal name in Domesday. In Scotland Edie is the 'nurse-name' of Adam.

Family name Ede is form of Edes. See Eades - Probably the same as Eady. A Joh'es fil'Ede occurs in Hundred Rolls.

See Eade - Probably the same as Eady. A Joh'es fil'Ede occurs in Hundred Rolls.

Ede is the variant of the Adey. See Addy - A "nurse-name" "of Adam; "little Adam." Hence Addis or Addy's, Addiscott, Addiscock, and Addison.

Ede is form of Eadie. Descendant of little Ead or Ede meaning "rich," pet forms of names beginning with Ead, such as Edward, Edmund and Edgar.

The surname Ede is the form of Addie. The son of Addie, a pet form of Adam meaning red earth; The son of Ada or Adda meaning noble cheer.

Family name is a variant of Addy. A "nurse-name" "of Adam; "little Adam." Hence Addis or Addy's, Addiscott, Addiscock, and Addison.

Ede is a form of Ady. See Addy - A "nurse-name" "of Adam; "little Adam." Hence Addis or Addy's, Addiscott, Addiscock, and Addison.

Ede is a variation of the Eade. Probably the same as Eady. A Joh'es fil'Ede occurs in Hundred Rolls.

Surname Ede is form of the Edey. See Eady - Ædi occurs as a personal name in Domesday. In Scotland Edie is the 'nurse-name' of Adam.

How popular is Ede?

Ede is common in Nigeria, Turkey, England, India, Australia, United States, Togo, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Canada, New Zealand, Benin, France, Germany, Netherlands.

Ede is ranked 6498 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Edes grew by 7.46 per cent to 807 since 2000 and ranked 29309 after elevating 289 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 83.4 87.88
Black 9.05 7.99
Others 3.35 1.73
Hispanic or Latino 1.98 0
Ede is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Nigeria which signifies that it is originated from Nigeria. Around 86968 people have been found who wears Ede as their family name. Ede is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Ede:
313 Nigeria73,600
Countries with thousands of Ede:
2,971 Turkey2,977
3,019 England2,596
28,771 India1,290
3,248 Australia1,138
30,865 United States1,056
Countries with hundreds of Ede:
1,744 Togo945
23,006 Indonesia524
3,344 Ivory Coast414
10,196 Canada395
2,272 New Zealand347
4,379 Benin308
40,317 France254
44,599 Germany151
22,016 Netherlands116
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
53,751 South Africa69
104,035 Brazil57
35,796 Uganda54
27,429 Belgium54
5,142 Mauritania53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,522 Sweden44
95,514 DR Congo41
13,163 Finland39
9,538 Haiti38
8,524 Scotland38
78,351 Argentina31
149,374 Philippines29
5,934 Taiwan28
16,981 Niger27
8,773 Wales27
248,576 Russia24
28,704 Hungary23
54,547 Spain22
55,452 Papua New Guinea19
12,072 Burkina Faso13
407,040 Thailand11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
118,056 Cameroon8
150,293 Malaysia7
47,603 Denmark6
53,861 Mexico6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Edmund Ede worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 40 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Arrick and arrived on March 12, 1849. Mary Ede, aged 13, John Ede, Edward Ede (10), James Ede, Elizabeth Ede, Thomas Ede, aged 3, Workman Joseph Ede, 28 years old Blancha Ede, are other Ede that migrated to US.

From Germany

Francois Ede was 17 years old when he migrated to New York on June 5, 1852. He lived in France where he worked as farmer and took George Hurlbut from Havre. Anton Ede (21), 20 years old Josephine Ede, 5 years old Anna Ede, 30 years old Jacob Ede, Marie Ede (24), Wenzel Ede (3), Amalie Ede, aged 17, August Ede (5), and 3 other Ede mainly farmer, laborer migrated to US.

Ede Namesakes

  • Jim Ede, British collector of art and friend to artists
  • Amatoritsero Ede, Nigerian-Canadian poet
  • Piers Moore Ede, British born writer
  • Chuter Ede, British teacher
  • George Ede, English cricketer and a Grand National winning jockey
  • Chinedu Ede, German footballer

Ede Namesakes

  • Jim Ede, British collector of art and friend to artists
  • Amatoritsero Ede, Nigerian-Canadian poet
  • Piers Moore Ede, British born writer
  • Chuter Ede, British teacher
  • George Ede, English cricketer and a Grand National winning jockey
  • Chinedu Ede, German footballer

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